Let's get ready for a 2022 full of news at ASUS: in this article we will limit ourselves to talking about smartphones - for all the other product families we refer to future insights - and in particular of the Zenfone and ROG brands. The rumors that emerged in these very first days of the new year bode well, pending further details and confirmations from the Taiwanese company.
ZENFONE 9Zenfone 8 dates back to last May - it was also offered on the market in a Flip version - and will soon have an heir. The first information about it is provided to us by a (presumed) screen showing some settings of the double tap on the rear body of Zenfone 9. Well, beyond the possible options - take a screenshot or activate the camera - what interests you more is the accompanying image with which ASUS shows the operation of the gesture: the smartphone is in fact represented with two cameras positioned vertically (exactly like on Zenfone 8) and a small secondary display.
| Asus Zenfone 868.5 x 148 x 8.9 mm 5.9 inches - 2400x1080 px | Asus Zenfone 8 Flip77.28 x 165 x 9.6 mm6.67 inches - 2400x1080 px |
ASUS Zenfone 8 and 8 Flip
What are the characteristics of this "service" screen is not known at the moment. The only data available are those that can be extrapolated from the image: it cannot be excluded that it may be limited only to the indication of the time and notifications received. Even more interesting, then, could be its use to take advantage of the double rear cam to take selfies.
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The alleged ASUS ROG Phone 6 and 6 Pro
In this wave of rumors at the beginning of the year dedicated to ASUS, the first details of the next ROG smartphone could not be missing, which will presumably be offered in both standard and Pro versions, exactly like its predecessor. We cannot exclude a priori that - as has happened in the past - other variants cannot be launched (see Ultimate and "s" range).
What we see today are two renderings proposed by EqualLeaks (same source of the rumors on Zenfone 9) in which smartphones are represented that basically reflect the lines of the ROG Phone 5 and 5 Pro models. The design of the various components seem to change, from the display secondary positioned on the rear body of the camera, which however should maintain a horizontal layout.
| Asus ROG Phone 577 x 173 x 10 mm 6.78 inches - 2448x1080 px | Asus ROG Phone 5 Pro77 x 173 x 10 mm6.78 inches - 2448x1080 px |
ASUS ROG Phone 5 and 5 Pro
Both on ASUS ROG Phone 6 and on ROG Phone 6 Pro the display will be vertical, and therefore not positioned obliquely as on current models. Perhaps it will lose the aesthetics, but the user experience will certainly gain us, also considering that the panels of both devices appear wider than those of ROG Phone 5 and 5 Pro. Unfortunately, even in this case the information stops here : last year the debut of the series took place in March, and if ASUS respects the same deadlines, it could only be a couple of months before the announcement.
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